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From trains & film to medicine & cuisine, The Citadel Mall continues to evolve while remaining West Ashley’s stalwart shopping hub by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer With prominence on hit TV shows like Stranger Things and The Last Of Us, there seems to be a...
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Retail Chain Donates to Local School
Burlington, which recently opened back up in West Ashley, makes $5,000 donation to Stono Park Elementary from Staff Reports For more than 30 years, Burlington Coat Factory was a fixture in the Ashley Landing Shopping Center on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, until that...
Brunch with a Twist
Caroline’s kicks off brunch service with a creative menu featuring unique spins on classic dishes by Lorne Chambers | editor It had to happen sooner or later. We knew it was only a matter of time before Caroline’s Aloha Bar would start serving brunch. And for this,...
West Ashley Flashback — Charleston’s Garden of Eden
St. Andrew’s Parish was well-known for it’s beautiful farms and gardens Farms and gardens have been an important aspect of St Andrew’s Parish history going back to the first experimental farm in the 1670s where Joseph West was the agent for the Lords Proprietors. The...
Day Trippin’ — Dungannon Plantation Heritage Reserve
We should all explore nature with the wonderment of a child I grew up in the Lake District of northwest England, an ancient land of majestic mountain peaks, enchanting lakes, and picture-postcard villages. Lush green valleys are home to farms passed down through...
Wildcats Taking Big strides in 2021
WAHS football team aims to build off last year’s success by Lorne Chambers | Editor Expectations are high at West Ashley High School for the 2021 football season. The energy is electric around this team for the first time in school history. Last year marked the first...
A Center For Everything
Inside the brand new100,00-square-foot West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies by Bill Davis | News Editor There’s an old saying in education that goes: “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach; and those who can’t teach … become an administrator.” Try telling that...
West Ashley High’s AJ Barnes named CCSD 2021 Teacher of the Year
from Staff Reports Adam “AJ” Barnes is Charleston County School District’s 2021 Teacherofthe Year. Barnes teaches AP European History, U.S. History, and coaches baseball at West Ashley High School (WAHS). This is his fifth year at the school. Barnes is humbled by the...
The Business of Beans
Local coffee shop owners and roasters gather with area business leaders for an informative ‘coffee talk’ by Lorne Chambers | Editor Many business deals, both large and small, have been sealed over a cup of coffee. So it was apropos that as the local business community...
What’s West Ashley Eating?
Remembering an Avondale F&B Icon It's very likely, by the time you are reading this, we will be very close or even just passed the 1 year anniversary of the passing of Caroline Smith-Adams. Most of you just knew her as Caroline from Voodoo. Caroline tragically...
West Ashley Flashback — This is Our Land
How the Clemson Center and U.S. Vegetable Laboratory came to be a part of West Ashley From the very beginning, growing crops for food and profit was critical in St. Andrew’s Parish. Joseph West, agent for the Lord Proprietors and the second Proprietary Governor, was...
